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VICTOR STANLEY, INC.® begins its 50th year offering one of the finest collections of site and street furnishings in the world. Our commercial products include litter receptacles, recycling stations, benches, bike racks & bollards, planters, tables, seats, ash urns and tree guards.

Carefully integrated designs and innovative use of materials and technology embody our commitment to produce durable, strong, functional, attractive and comfortable site furniture. Remaining current in the marketplace defines our daily efforts. This includes meeting the challenges of changing designs and the welcome growth in acceptance of the need to protect the environment. We combine tested as well as unique materials and manufacturing techniques in new and exciting ways. We take time to solve difficult engineering problems. We listen to the invaluable suggestions, requirements and criticism of landscape architects, architects, designers, urban planners, engineers and customers throughout the world.

Our manufacturing goal is to provide consistent value and quality in each component of our products; in every piece of steel, in every casting, in every piece of recycled plastic, in every piece of hardware and in every species of wood. With 200,000 sq/ft. (18,500 sq/meters) of manufacturing space, our two modern factories in Maryland utilize four custom-designed state-of-the-art powder coating systems, thirteen computerized welding robots, complete in-house extrusion process for recycled slats, and automated metal- and wood-working equipment.

In a very real sense, our company helped pioneer the use of powder coating. We began to use the technology in 1970 when powder coating was little more than a theoretical process. Since then, as the process progressed from the laboratory stage to the factory floor worldwide, we have continued to participate in its development. Today, our factories contain four complex, effective and efficient powder coating systems. Technical experts from Fortune 50 companies have visited our factories to observe our powder coating technology and it has been the subject of an important article in a technical coating publication.

VICTOR STANLEY, INC.® has been granted U.S. and worldwide patents on a remarkable system to reinforce recycled plastic slats; a process that results in a product with superior mechanical properties. This process is our innovative response to the universal need to preserve resources and protect the environment. We also offer standard recycled plastic slats for many of our products.

To facilitate our ability to work with designers and architects, as well as assist our customers with special projects, we began using computer-aided design when the now obsolete 286 computer was the fastest machine available. As time and technology continue to move forward, we are keeping pace with the use of three-dimensional modeling, Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD), and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. We have full in-house computer networking and full in-house graphics and design capabilities.

Many thousands of installations of our products can be found throughout the United States and Canada. We also export to more than twenty other countries. Active Victor Stanley representatives can be found throughout the world. We have earned a worldwide reputation for the manufacture of high quality site furnishings, always at competitive prices.

We are here to serve our customers, the design community and the specifiers of our products. Our experienced personnel will be happy to respond to your requirements.

http://www.victorstanley.com/

Since 1952, award-winning Building magazine has been reporting on the news and issues of Canada's building development industry, bringing together the various components of the building process, presenting new concepts, defining the trends, and introducing innovative products. Read by building developers, property managers, architects, builders and contractors Building magazine provides advertisers with an opportunity to reach the complete building development team through one publication.

http://www.building.ca/

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) is the recognized voice of the province's planning profession. OPPI provides leadership on policy related to planning, development, the environment, and related issues.

As the Ontario affiliate of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), OPPI represents approximately 3,000 practising planners across the province and approximately 500 student members.

OPPI members work for government, private industry, community agencies, and academic institutions.

A not-for-profit Ontario Corporation, OPPI is funded entirely by membership fees and program and activity revenue.

http://www.ontarioplanners.on.ca/

The Public Sector Digest is a monthly research publication written to advance the knowledge and managerial capacity of the public sector. Our primary areas of research include economics & finance, organizational performance, leadership & management, and asset & infrastructure management. Organizations that contribute to the publication and collaborate with us on research include global, Fortune 500 consulting and advisory firms, think tanks, leading academic institutions, and of course, practitioners in the public sector. We vet ideas, debate policy, and examine theory. The result is thought leadership and substantive commentary in areas most pertinent to the government professional.

http://www.publicsectordigest.com/

DIALOG is an integrated network of interdisciplinary specialists —architects, interior designers, engineers, urban designers, urban planners, landscape architects, and sustainability consultants—that collaborates with clients and users on complex projects. We consider collaboration central to our process. DIALOG-designed interiors, buildings, urban plans and landscapes are the results of an open, transparent process of inter-disciplinary collaboration. This process is an outcome of 52 years of practice. As far back as the 1960s we realized that integrated thinking leads to better design and better performance in our buildings and communities.

http://www.designdialog.ca/

Urban Strategies® is an internationally recognized planning and urban design firm. With 50 employees, Urban Strategies has an extensive team of planning and design professionals that come from diverse backgrounds including urban planning, economics, environmental sciences, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, public administration and the visual arts. Since 1986, our innovative work for both the public and private sectors has earned the firm dozens of awards.

http://www.urbanstrategies.com/

Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects is a Toronto-based, collaborative design and planning studio that operates at the juncture of architecture, urban design, and planning—in an emerging practice known as integrated urbanism. Founded in 1987, our 40-strong team practice have complemented our core practice of architecture, urban design and planning with experience in real estate development, sustainability, cultural planning, place making, place branding and graphic design. Since then, the practice has won national and international recognition for projects rooted in revitalization, functionality, and design.

http://www.andco.com/

Perkins+Will is a multi-disciplinary design firm with over 29 years of experience in Vancouver. The firm is known for design excellence and innovation, approaching the challenges of architectural, interior and urban design with a global vision and unmatched resources. Led by a strong leadership group who provide a range of expertise and diverse perspectives, Perkins+Will Vancouver is able to maximize its clients' vision, transforming ideas into built excellence, on time and on budget.

Founded on the belief that design has the power to transform lives and enhance society, the office is deeply connected to its community, donating one percent of its design services to local, non-profit organizations every year. Committed to the 2030 Challenge, the firm is ranked among North America's leading green practices with an in-house research department and one of the largest portfolios of completed, deeply sustainable buildings, interior spaces and urban plans.

As a testament to their commitment to excellence, Perkins+Will Vancouver has received more than 150 design honours, including 6 Governor General's Medals in Architecture, 13 Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Awards in Architecture, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Firm of the Year Award, numerous Canada's Greenest Employers by the Globe and Mail, a 2013 BC Top Employer award, and recently one of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Architecture for 2013 by Fast Company.

http://www.perkinswill.com